Exam question 2 · Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Sham Prince, part 1: L…

Identify the principal motive that compels Labakan to revisit the workshop and attempt the royal garment in the evening.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, principal motive · What happens: identify, compel, revisit, attempt · To what, where: principal motive, Labakan, workshop, royal garment

This is exam question 2 of lesson 716 «Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Sham Prince, part 1: Labakan steals a robe, sets off as a prince, and robs his friend» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 motive	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 motive	amod
4	motive	motive	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 compels	nsubj
6	compels	compel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 motive	acl:relcl
7	Labakan	Labakan	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 compels	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 revisit	mark
9	revisit	revisit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 compels	xcomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 workshop	det
11	workshop	workshop	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 revisit	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 attempt	cc
13	attempt	attempt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 revisit	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 garment	det
15	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 garment	amod
16	garment	garment	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 attempt	obj
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 evening	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 evening	det
19	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 attempt	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal motive		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent motive=Theme
2	compel	present	the principal motive	Labakan		vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent labakan=Patient clause=Result
3	revisit	to-infinitive	the principal motive not said here	the workshop		tree rules
4	attempt	infinitive	the principal motive not said here	the royal garment	evening	vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent garment=Eventuality

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1

A strong need to prove he was better than his employer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 need	det
2	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 need	amod
3	need	need	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 better	nsubj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 prove	mark
5	prove	prove	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 need	acl
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 better	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 better	cop
8	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
9	than	than	ADP	_	11 employer	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 employer	nmod:poss
11	employer	employer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 better	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	to-infinitive	a strong need not said here						vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	a strong need					than his employer; good property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

An overpowering longing to possess the status symbolised by the robe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 longing	det
2	overpowering	overpower	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 longing	amod
3	longing	longing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 possess	mark
5	possess	possess	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 longing	acl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 status	det
7	status	status	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 possess	obj
8	symbolised	symbolis	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 status	acl
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 robe	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 robe	det
11	robe	robe	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 symbolised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	overpower	gerund			tree rules
2	possess	to-infinitive	the status		vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot status=Theme
3	symbolis	participle	the status not said here	by the robe	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

A wish to be taken seriously by the wealthy men of the city

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 wish	det
2	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 taken	nsubj:pass
3	to	to	PART	_	5 taken	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 taken	aux:pass
5	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	seriously	seriously	ADV	_	5 taken	advmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	10 men	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 men	det
9	wealthy	wealthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 men	amod
10	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 taken	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 city	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 city	det
13	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 men	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	to-infinitive · passive	the wealthy men of the city	a wish				seriously property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 4

Fear of his workmates

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 workmates	case
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 workmates	nmod:poss
4	workmates	workmate	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Fear	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fear			his workmates					nom fear «feeling transitive»: of=patient

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